ROME NOTES

ETRUSCANS Knew how to pave roads, drain marshes,

and construct sewers First people to settle along the Tiber

River

REPUBLIC A.Power rests with citizens

i. Headed by consulsa. consuls had veto power b. checks and balances

REPUBLIC

2. Praetors- elected to help consuls

3. Advised by senatei. In the event of war a dictator may be

appointed

REPUBLICB. Patricians- member of the Roman landholding,

upper-classC. 400 BC Plebeians- Roman farmer, merchant,

artisan, or trader1. Engraving of Roman laws on the 12 tables

was prompted by the Plebeians

FAMILY LIFE

A. Head of household- oldest male relative1. Men held the power2. Children mainly educated in home

B. Women- could own property

RELIGION

A. Lares- ancestral spiritsB. Pax Deorum- Peace of the gods

EXPANSIONA. Legions- basic unit of

the Roman army1. Worked to keep peace

B. 290 BC- Romans controlled all of Italy Italy was cut off from the

rest of Europe by the Alps